diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index 861496b841..46d8010b67 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,3 @@ build_root_image:
   name: release
   namespace: openshift
   tag: rhel-8-release-golang-1.17-openshift-4.11
-project_image:
-  context_dir: .
-  dockerfile_path: base.Dockerfile